

FIG. 50. Hydra. 



A, Two living specimens of H. viridis attached to a bit of weed. 

 The larger specimen is fully expanded, and shows the elongated body 

 ending distally in the hypostome (hyp), surrounded by tentacles (/), and 

 three buds (bd 1 , bd?, bd 3 ) in different stages of development : a small 

 water-flea (a) has been captured by one tentacle. The smaller specimen 

 (to the right and above) is in a state of complete retraction, the tentacles 

 (t) appearing like papilla;. 



B, H. fitsca, showing the mouth (mth) at the end of the hypostome 

 (hyp), the circlet of tentacles (/), two spermaries (spy), and an ovary 

 (ovy). 



c, a Hydra creeping on a flat surface by looping movements. 

 D, a specimen crawling on its tentacles, 

 (c and D after W. Marshall.) 



